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1 Preview PP542 International Capital Markets Gains from trade Portfolio diversification Players in the international capital markets Attainable policies with international capital markets Offshore banking and offshore currency trading Regulation of international banking Tests of how well international capital markets allow portfolio diversification, allow intertemporal trade and transmit information K. Dominguez, Winter International Capital Markets International asset (capital) markets are a group of markets (in London, Tokyo, New York, Singapore, and other financial cities) that trade different types of financial and physical assets (capital), including stocks bonds (government and private sector) deposits denominated in different currencies commodities (like petroleum, wheat, bauxite, gold) forward contracts, futures contracts, swaps, options contracts real estate and land factories and equipment K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Gains from Trade The Three Types of International Transaction Trade How have international capital markets increased the gains from trade? When a buyer and a seller engage in a voluntary transaction, both receive something that they want and both can be made better off. A buyer and seller can trade goods or services for other goods or services goods or services for assets assets for assets K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
2 Gains from Trade (cont.) Gains from Trade (cont.) The theory of comparative advantage describes the gains from trade of goods and services for other goods and services: with a finite amount of resources and time, use those resources and time to produce what you are most productive at (compared to alternatives), then trade those products for goods and services that you want. be a specialist in production, while enjoying many goods and services as a consumer through trade. The theory of intertemporal trade describes the gains from trade of goods and services for assets, of goods and services today for claims to goods and services in the future (today s assets). Savers want to buy assets (claims to future goods and services) and borrowers want to use assets to consume or invest in more goods and services than they can buy with current income. Savers earn a rate of return on their assets, while borrowers are able to use goods and services when they want to use them: they both can be made better off. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Global Capital Flows K. Dominguez, Winter Major Net Exporters of Capital (2008) Major Net Importers of Capital (2008) K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
3 Chinese Purchases of US securities Gains from Trade (cont.) The theory of portfolio diversification describes the gains from trade of assets for assets, of assets with one type of risk with assets of another type of risk. Investing in a diverse set, or portfolio, of assets is a way for investors to avoid or reduce risk. Most people most of the time want to avoid risk: they would rather have a sure gain of wealth than invest in risky assets when other factors are constant. People usually display risk aversion: they are usually averse to risk. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Portfolio Diversification Portfolio Diversification (cont.) Suppose that 2 countries have an asset of farmland that yields a crop, depending on the weather. The yield (return) of the asset is uncertain, but with bad weather the land can produce 20 tonnes of potatoes, while with good weather the land can produce 100 tonnes of potatoes. On average, the land will produce 1/2 * /2 * 100 = 60 tonnes if bad weather and good weather are equally likely (both with a probability of 1/2). The expected value of the yield is 60 tonnes. Suppose that historical records show that when the domestic country has good weather (high yields), the foreign country has bad weather (low yields). and that we can assume that the future will be like the past. What could the two countries do to avoid suffering from a bad potato crop? Sell 50% of one s assets to the other party and buy 50% of the other party s assets: diversify the portfolios of assets so that both countries always achieve the portfolios expected (average) values. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Portfolio Diversification (cont.) Portfolio Diversification (example) With portfolio diversification, both countries could always enjoy a moderate potato yield and not experience the vicissitudes of feast and famine. If the domestic country s yield is 20 and the foreign country s yield is 100 then both countries receive: 50%* %*100 = 60. If the domestic country s yield is 100 and the foreign country s yield is 20 then both countries receive: 50%* %*20 = 60. If both countries are risk averse, then both countries could be made better off through portfolio diversification. state of the probability rate of return world of realization asset A asset B asset C deep recession mild recession normal minor boom major boom Expected Return Std dev K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
4 Portfolio Diversification (example) The covariance between assets A and B is positive, while the covariance between assets A and B with C is negative -- this tells us that the return on B tends to be high when the return on C is low, and the return on B is high when the return on A is high. Covariance gives us a measure of whether the returns on two assets move in the same direction -- however, it can not tell us the strength of the relationship between assets. The correlation coefficient is a standardized measure of covariance -- it lies between -1 and 1. If two assets are perfectly positively correlated their correlation coefficient is 1. Likewise, if two assets are perfectly negatively correlated their correlation coefficient is -1. If the returns on two assets are unrelated their correlation coefficient is 0. Investors can lower the risk (measured by std dev on previous slide) of their portfolio (while maintaining the same return) by combining assets A and C or Assets B and C. Either of these combinations would dominate holding any of the assets alone. K. Dominguez, Winter Portfolio Diversification We can compare the risk and return on different combinations of assets in order to best create a diversified portfolio. Theoretically, if we could find sufficient assets with uncorrelated returns, we could eliminate portfolio risk completely. Unfortunately, this situation is not typical in real world securities markets, where returns are positively correlated to a considerable degree because they tend to respond to the same set of influences (e.g. business cycles and interest rates). The addition of international assets will increase the potential for diversification But, while portfolio risk can be reduced substantially by (international) diversification, it cannot be eliminated entirely. K. Dominguez, Winter Classification of Assets International Capital Markets Assets can be classified as either 1. Debt instruments Examples include bonds and deposits They specify that the issuer must repay a fixed amount regardless of economic conditions. 2. Equity instruments Examples include stocks or a title to real estate They specify ownership (equity = ownership) of variable profits or returns, which vary according to economic conditions. The participants: 1. Commercial banks and other depository institutions: accept deposits lend to commercial businesses, other banks, governments, and/or individuals buy and sell bonds and other assets Some commercial banks underwrite new stocks and bonds by agreeing to find buyers for those assets at a specified price. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter International Capital Markets (cont.) International Capital Markets (cont.) 2. Non-bank financial institutions: securities firms, pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds Securities firms specialize in underwriting stocks and bonds (securities) and in making various investments. Pension funds accept funds from workers and invest them until the workers retire. Insurance companies accept premiums from policy holders and invest them until an accident or another unexpected event occurs. Mutual funds accept funds from investors and invest them in a diversified portfolio of stocks. 3. Private firms: Corporations may issue stock, may issue bonds or may borrow to acquire funds for investment purposes. Other private firms may issue bonds or may borrow from commercial banks. 4. Central banks and government agencies: Central banks sometimes intervene in foreign exchange markets. Government agencies issue bonds to acquire funds, and may borrow from commercial banks or securities firms. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
5 International Capital Markets (cont.) Because of international capital markets, policy makers generally have a choice of 2 of the following 3 policies: 1. A fixed exchange rate 2. Monetary policy aimed at achieving domestic economic goals 3. Free international flows of financial capital K. Dominguez, Winter The Impossible Trinity A nation cannot have free capital flows, independent monetary policy, and a fixed exchange rate simultaneously. A nation must choose one side of this triangle and give up the opposite corner. Independent monetary policy Free capital flows Option 1 Option 2 (U.S.) (Hong Kong) Option 3 (China) Fixed exchange rate K. Dominguez, Winter International Capital Markets (cont.) International Capital Markets: Trends A fixed exchange rate and an independent monetary policy can exist if restrictions on flows of assets prevent speculation and capital flight. An independent monetary policy and free flows of financial capital can exist when the exchange rate fluctuates. A fixed exchange rate and free flows of financial capital can exist if the central bank gives up its domestic goals and maintains the fixed exchange rate. Most developed countries allow free movement of capital (no controls). International credit flows have shifted away from bank loans (termed the money market) and into direct credit markets (bond and stock markets), this trend is termed disintermediation. Globalization Deregulation Innovation Competition K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Financial Innovation Financial Innovation: Policy Concerns Starting in the 1960s and culminating in the 1970s, commercial banks started to see their traditional means of acquiring funds and making loans drying up. Interest rates and inflation increased dramatically and became much more volatile than ever before seen. Historically, loans and debt securities (such as certificates of deposit, CDs) had been set at fixed interest rates, but as interest rates became more volatile, fixed interest rate securities became less attractive to both sellers and buyers. This economic environment provided financial institutions incentives to invent new risk-sharing instruments. regulatory arbitrage a more dispersed burden of credit evaluation increased probability of contagion as a result of globalization increased adverse selection potential for commercial bank portfolios K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
6 Overbanked? Securitization An example of financial innovation is the movement toward securitization. This market arose to circumvent regulation and to provide more efficient means of risk sharing. Securitization is the process of transforming (illiquid) id) financial assets into marketable capital market instruments. By securitizing loans banks are able to earn fees (they typically continue to service the loans: collecting interest and principal payments and paying them out) while avoiding placing the loans on their balance sheets. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Economics of Structured Finance: Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) Pool economic assets (loans, bonds, mortgages) and issue claims (tranches) against these pools; allows repackaging of risk to create safe assets from otherwise risky collateral. Example: Consider two identical securities call them bonds both of which have a probability of default and pay $0 conditional on default and $1 otherwise. Pool these securities in a portfolio, such that the total notional value of the underlying fund is $2, and then issue two tranches against this fund, each of which pay $1. A junior tranche can be written such that it bears the first $1 of losses to the portfolio; thus, the junior tranche pays $1 if both bonds avoid default and zero if either bond defaults. The second, senior claim, which bears losses if the capital of the junior tranche is exhausted, pays $1 if neither bond defaults or if only one out of two bonds defaults; it only defaults if both bonds default. Economics of Structured Finance If the defaults of the two bonds are imperfectly correlated, the senior tranche will pay either $1 or $0 just like the individual bonds except that it will be less likely to default than either of the underlying bonds. For example, if the two bonds have a 10 percent default probability and defaults are uncorrelated, the senior tranche will only have a 1 percent chance of default. This basic procedure allows highly risky securities to be repackaged, with some of the resulting tranches sold to investors seeking only safe investments. Junior tranches, being risky, will have low prices and high promised returns, while the senior tranches, being relatively safe, will have relatively higher prices and lower promised returns. A central insight of structured finance is that by using a larger number of securities in the underlying pool, a progressively larger fraction of the issued tranches can end up with higher credit ratings than the average rating of the underlying pool of assets. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Buyers of these tranches or regular bonds can also protect themselves by purchasing credit default swaps (CDS), which are contracts insuring against the default of a particular bond or tranche. The buyer of these contracts pays a periodic fixed fee in exchange for a contingent payment in the event of credit default. Estimates of the gross notional amount of outstanding credit default swaps in 2007 range from $45 trillion to $62 trillion. Anyone who purchased a AAA-rated (senior) tranche of a collateralized debt obligation combined with a credit default swap had reason to believe that the investment had low risk because the probability of the CDS counterparty defaulting was considered to be small. K. Dominguez, Winter Holders of CDOs K. Dominguez, Winter
7 Offshore Banking Offshore Banking (cont.) Offshore banking refers to banking outside of the boundaries of a country. There are at least 4 types of offshore banking institutions, which are regulated differently: 1. An agency office in a foreign country makes loans and transfers, but does not accept deposits, and is therefore not subject to depository regulations in either the domestic or foreign country. 2. A subsidiary bank in a foreign country follows the regulations of the foreign country, not the domestic regulations of the domestic parent. 3. A foreign branch of a domestic bank is often subject to both domestic and foreign regulations, but sometimes may choose the more lenient regulations of the two. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Offshore Banking (cont.) 4. International banking facilities are foreign banks in the U.S. that are allowed to accept deposits from and make loans to foreign customers only. They are not subject to reserve requirements, interest rate ceilings and state and local taxes. Bahrain, Singapore, and Japan have similar regulations for offshore banks. K. Dominguez, Winter Offshore Currency Trading An offshore currency deposit is a bank deposit denominated in a currency other than the currency that circulates where the bank resides. An offshore currency deposit may be deposited in a subsidiary bank, a foreign branch, a foreign bank or another depository institution located in a foreign country. Offshore currency deposits are sometimes (confusingly) referred to as eurocurrency deposits, because these deposits were historically made in European banks. K. Dominguez, Winter Offshore Currency Trading (cont.) Offshore Currency Trading (cont.) Offshore currency trading has grown for three reasons: 1. growth in international trade and international business 2. avoidance of domestic regulations and taxes 3. political factors (ex., to avoid confiscation by a government because of political events) Reserve requirements are the primary example of a domestic regulation that banks have tried to avoid through offshore currency trading. Depository institutions in the U.S. and other countries are required to hold a fraction of domestic currency deposits on reserve at the central bank. These reserves can not be lent to customers and do not earn interest in many countries, therefore the reserve requirement reduces income for banks. But offshore currency deposits in many countries are not subject to this requirement, and thus can earn interest on the full amount of the deposit. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
8 Balance Sheet for Bank Regulation of International Banking Assets Reserves Loans -business -home -car -real estate Government and corporate bonds Liabilities + Net worth Deposits Borrowed funds Net worth = bank capital Banks fail because they do not have enough or the right kind of assets to pay for their liabilities. The principal liability for commercial banks and other depository institutions is the value of deposits, and banks fail when they can not pay their depositors. If the value of assets decline, say because many loans go into default, then liabilities could become greater than the value of assets and bankruptcy could result. In many countries there are several types of regulations to avoid bank failure or its effects. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Regulation of International Banking (cont.) Regulation of International Banking (cont.) 1. Deposit insurance Insures depositors against losses up to $100,000 in the U.S. when banks fail Prevents bank panics due to a lack of information: because depositors can not determine the financial i health of a bank, they may quickly withdraw their funds if they are not sure that a bank is financially healthy enough to pay for them Creates a moral hazard for banks to take more risk because they are no longer fully responsible for failure Moral hazard: a hazard that a party in a transaction will engage in activities that would be considered inappropriate (ex., too risky) according to another party who is not fully informed about those activities 2. Reserve requirements Banks are historically required to maintain some deposits on reserve at the central bank in case of a need for cash 3. Capital requirements and asset restrictions Higher bank capital (net worth) allows banks to have more funds available to cover the cost of failed assets By preventing a bank from holding (too many) risky assets, asset restrictions reduce risky investments By preventing a bank from holding too much of one asset, asset restrictions also encourage diversification K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Regulation of International Banking (cont.) 4. Bank examination Regular examination prevents banks from engaging in risky activities 5. Lender of last resort In the U.S., the Federal Reserve System may lend to banks with inadequate reserves (cash) Prevents bank panics Acts as insurance for depositors and banks, in addition to deposit insurance Creates a moral hazard for banks to take more risk because they are no longer fully responsible for the risk Difficulties in Regulating International Banking 1. Deposit insurance in the U.S. covers losses up to $100,000, but since the size of deposits in international banking is often much larger, the amount of insurance is often minimal. 2. Reserve requirements also act as a form of insurance for depositors, but countries can not impose reserve requirements on foreign currency deposits in agency offices, foreign branches, or subsidiary banks of domestic banks. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
9 Difficulties in Regulating International Banking (cont.) 3. Bank examination, capital requirements and asset restrictions are more difficult internationally. Distance and language barriers make monitoring difficult. Different assets with different characteristics (ex., risk) exist in different countries, making judgment difficult. Jurisdiction is not clear in the case of subsidiary banks: if a subsidiary of an Italian bank located in London that primarily has offshore U.S. dollar deposits, which regulators have jurisdiction? Difficulties in Regulating International Banking (cont.) 4. No international lender of last resort for banks exists. The IMF sometimes acts a lender of last resort for governments with balance of payments problems. 5. The activities of non-bank financial institutions are growing in international banking, but they lack the regulation and supervision that banks have. 6. Derivatives and securitized assets make it harder to assess financial stability and risk because these assets are not accounted for on the traditional balance sheet. A securitized asset is a combination of different illiquid assets like loans that is sold as a security. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter International Regulatory Cooperation Basel accords (in 1988 and 2006) provide standard regulations and accounting for international financial institutions accords tried to make bank capital measurements standard across countries. They developed risk-based capital requirements, where more risky assets require a higher amount of bank capital. Core principles of effective banking supervision was developed by the Basel Committee in 1997 for countries without adequate banking regulations and accounting standards. See for more detailed information. Extent of International Portfolio Diversification In 1999, U.S. owned assets in foreign countries represented about 30% of U.S. capital, while foreign assets in the U.S. represented about 36% of U.S. capital. These percentages are about 5 times as large as percentages from 1970, indicating that international capital markets have allowed investors to diversify. Likewise, foreign assets and liabilities as a percent of GDP has grown for the U.S. and other countries. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Gross Foreign Assets and Liabilities of Selected Industrial Countries (percent of GDP) K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
10 Extent of International Portfolio Diversification (cont.) Still, some economists argue that it would be optimal if investors diversified more by investing more in foreign assets, avoiding the home bias of investment. Extent of International Intertemporal Trade If some countries borrow for investment projects (for future production and consumption) while others lend to these countries, then national saving and investment levels should not be highly correlated. Recall that national saving investment = current account Some countries should have large current account surpluses as they save a lot and lend to foreign countries. Some countries should have large current account deficits as they borrow a lot from foreign countries. In reality, national saving and investment levels are highly correlated. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Saving and Investment Rates for 24 Countries, Averages Extent of International Intertemporal Trade (cont.) Are international capital markets unable to allow countries to engage in much intertemporal trade? Not necessarily: factors that t generate a high h saving rate, such as rapid growth in production and income, may also generate a high investment rate. Governments may also enact policies to avoid large current account deficits or surpluses. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Extent of Information Transmission and Financial Capital Mobility We should expect that interest rates on offshore currency deposits and those on domestic currency deposits within a country should be the same if the two types of deposits are treated as perfect substitutes, assets can flow freely across borders and international capital markets are able to quickly and easily transmit information about any differences in rates. Extent of Information Transmission and Financial Capital Mobility (cont.) In fact, differences in interest rates have approached zero as financial capital mobility has grown and information processing has become faster and cheaper through computers and telecommunications. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter
11 Comparing Onshore and Offshore Interest Rates for the Dollar Extent of Information Transmission and Financial Capital Mobility (cont.) If assets are treated as perfect substitutes, then we expect interest parity to hold on average: i t i* t = (S e t+1 S t )/S t Under this condition, the interest rate difference is the market s forecast of expected changes in the exchange rate. If we replace expected exchange rates with actual future exchange rates, we can test how well the market predicts exchange rate changes. But interest rate differentials fail to predict large swings in actual exchange rates and even fail to predict which direction actual exchange rates change. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, monthly data. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Extent of Information Transmission and Financial Capital Mobility (cont.) Extent of Information Transmission and Financial Capital Mobility (cont.) Given that there are few restrictions on financial capital in most major countries, does this mean that international capital markets are unable to process and transmit information about interest rates? Not necessarily: if assets are imperfect substitutes then i t i* t = (S e t+1 S t )/S t + t Interest rate differentials are associated with exchange rate changes and with risk premiums that change over time. Changes in risk premiums may drive changes in exchange rates rather than interest rate differentials. i t i* t = (S e t+1 S t )/S t + t Since both expected changes in exchange rates and risk premiums are functions of expectations and since expectations are unobservable, it is difficult to test if international capital markets are able to process and transmit information about interest rates. K. Dominguez, Winter K. Dominguez, Winter Exchange Rate Predictability In fact, it is hard to predict exchange rate changes over short horizons based on money supply growth, government spending growth, GDP growth and other fundamental economic variables. The best prediction for tomorrow s exchange rate appears to be today s exchange rate, regardless of economic variables. But over long time horizons (more than 1 year) economic variables do better at predicting actual exchange rates. K. Dominguez, Winter
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